She maintains a foreign patent prosecution practice and works directly with foreign attorneys worldwide in the prosecution of foreign patents. (brookskushman.com)
In just over a month and a half, mid-March, two big changes — First to File and the USPTO Fee Adjustment — will shape the future of patent prosecution practice. (blog.hiplegal.com)
Whether the decision will significantly affect patent prosecution practice remains to be seen, as applicants still have other incentives to disclose large volumes of art — and may have an even greater incentive to do so if the Supreme Court holds in Microsoft v. i4i that defendants» evidentiary burden of proving invalidity depends on what was disclosed and argued to the PTO. (perkinscoie.com)